st columba's school, kilmacolm financial assistance application form
st columba's school, kilmacolm financial assistance application form
st columba's school, kilmacolm financial assistance application form
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NOTES FOR GUIDANCE<br />
Before completing the <strong>form</strong>, please read these notes carefully, and contact the Business<br />
Manager, Mrs Wallace, for further in<strong>form</strong>ation or advice. These notes refer to the<br />
corresponding paragraph on the Form.<br />
The School reserves the right to seek any other documentary evidence in support of<br />
the income and asset figures submitted and to make enquiries which it deems<br />
necessary.<br />
All <strong>financial</strong> values should be shown in Sterling. References to Her Maje<strong>st</strong>y’s Revenue &<br />
Cu<strong>st</strong>oms should include the relevant National Taxation Authority.<br />
2. PARENTS / APPLICANTS<br />
These are defined as:<br />
The natural father and mother of the child where they live together (whether or<br />
not they are married to each other) and the child normally resides with them both<br />
in the same household: or<br />
the parent of the child with whom the child normally resides and the partner (if<br />
any) of that parent where the partner normally resides with that parent and the<br />
child in the same household; or<br />
the child’s guardian appointed in accordance with section 5 of the Children Act<br />
1989 (or any earlier enactment) and the partner (if any) of that guardian where<br />
the partner normally resides with that guardian and the child in the same<br />
household; or<br />
the person with whom the child resides in accordance with either:<br />
(i) a subsi<strong>st</strong>ing residence order made under section 8 of the Children Act<br />
1989; or<br />
(ii) any subsi<strong>st</strong>ing court order (other than a residence order) which specifies<br />
who is to have actual cu<strong>st</strong>ody or care and control of the child; or<br />
where a pupil either has no parents as defined above or the <strong>school</strong> is satisfied<br />
that no such parents can be found, and he is either looked after by a local<br />
authority or provided with accommodation within the meaning of section 105(1)<br />
of the Children Act 1989, the pupil shall be treated as one whose parents have no<br />
income for the purposes of the scheme; or<br />
where none of the above applies, the parent is the person with whom the pupil<br />
normally resides in accordance with any in<strong>form</strong>al care or fo<strong>st</strong>ering arrangement<br />
and that person’s partner (if any) where the partner normally resides with that<br />
person and the pupil in the same household.<br />
If parents are separated or divorced before or while their child attends the School,<br />
both mother and father will require to disclose <strong>financial</strong> in<strong>form</strong>ation, complete<br />
and sign the Application Form.<br />
3. INCOME<br />
(a) The gross annual amount of salaries and wages, including any earnings<br />
from profit related pay, part-time employment and any sum received as<br />
bonus, commission etc, <strong>st</strong>atutory sick pay, <strong>st</strong>atutory maternity pay giving<br />
GROSS amounts (before deduction of tax, NI, superannuation, etc) for the<br />
current or late<strong>st</strong> <strong>financial</strong> year. Taxable benefits in kind agreed with the<br />
HMRC should also be shown (free or subsidised housing, meals, petrol, cars,<br />
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